News from the National Finals
By Chris Zarski, Alberta Provincial Co-ordinatorWhat an awesome and exciting National competition we had in Edmonton at the end of May! This was without a doubt, one of the closest in competition and inspiring with the knowledge base displayed by the students. Twelve teams from across Canada, met in Edmonton and played off in an 11 game round robin seeding tournament. It was a long but eventful day. Many thanks to our volunteer readers, judges and scorekeepers who were there for it all. Again, special thanks to Harry Ainlay for having the seeding tournament and to Bill and Jeanette Wilson for the buzzer systems. The national competitors were as follows:
- Gloucester High School (Ontario)
- Horton High School (Nova Scotia)
- Hunting Hills High School (Alberta)
- Kelvin High School (Manitoba)
- Kennebecasis Valley High School (New Brunswick)
- London Central Secondary School (Ontario)
- Marianopolis College (Quebec)
- Oromocto High School (New Brunswick)
- St. George's School (British Columbia)
- St. John's-Ravenscourt School (Manitoba)
- Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (British Columbia)
- West Island College (Alberta)
While the teams were in Edmonton, they had the opportunity to visit the Alberta Legislature (officially), West Edmonton Mall (unofficially), and concluded the three-day competition with a Gala dinner and Awards presentation at Edmonton’s Old Spaghetti Factory, where the final medals and most valuable player prizes were handed out.
Thanks to CLT for being such great hosts and to Dave Kelly, our show host for his quick-paced and humorous reading.
All teams were highly skilled and evenly matched. A team’s domination of any game in the series was never assured. This makes for exciting television. Watch the Nationals of Reach For The Top to see who won the series.
Watch the Nationals of Reach For The Top to see who won the series.
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